Top 89

Each year, WNKU asks our listeners to cast a vote for their favorite five CDs, to help us compile the year's Top 89 list and begin the countdown in the New Year!  Submissions are entered into a drawing and lucky listeners win CD grab bags and a chance for the grand prize.

Music
3:15 pm
Wed January 2, 2013

The Top 89 of 2012

And here they are - The Top 89 CD's of 2012 as voted on by our listeners!  Let the listomania debates begin!  Feel free to comment below, but please keep it friendly.  Oh, and if you didn't vote, you're not allowed to complain!

Thanks to everyone who did vote, however.  An even bigger thanks to everyone for listening, and an extra super huge thanks especially to everyone who made a contribution to WNKU in 2012.  Because of you, we can look forward to the Top 89 of 2013.

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Music
12:22 pm
Thu December 27, 2012

Tune in January 2nd to hear the Top 89 CD's of 2012

The Top 89 Countdown begins January 2nd

Voting is now closed for the Top 89 CD's of 2012.  All of the ballots are currently being transported by armored vehicle to an undisclosed underground location where they will be audited, tallied, and audited again by a team of highly-trained security professionals that include former members of  the CIA, NSA, FBI, ATF, SEC, ELO, BTO, DMB, CSN, ALO, CCR, and REM.

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Music
10:25 am
Mon December 3, 2012

2012 Top 89 Contest Rules

How to Enter
Submit entry starting at 12am on December 3, 2012. The contest will end at 12:00 am on December 26, 2012.  All times are Eastern Time.

To participate in the contest, use the following method. All entries must include your first and last name, address, phone number, email address, and all other requested information:

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Your Favorites
2:27 pm
Mon January 2, 2012

Top 89 0f 2011

The list is in!  It's the Top 89 CD's of 2011 as voted on by our listeners.  Let the debate begin.  Feel free to leave your comments below, but please keep it kind and remember, this list was decided on by those who voted.  So, if you didn't vote, you can't complain!  Thanks to those who did vote, however, and thanks to everyone who tuned in and supported WNKU in 2011.

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Top 89
12:00 am
Wed December 8, 2010

Top 89 of 2010

Here they are! The top 89 CD's of 2010 as voted on by our listeners!

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Top 89
12:00 am
Tue December 8, 2009

Top 89 of 2009

Credit http://www.rosannecash.com/

Here they are! The top 89 CD's of 2009 as voted on by our listeners!

Want to buy of one these fantastic CD's? Just click on the name of the CD to purchase directly from Amazon and benefit WNKU at the same time. WNKU will receive up to 8 percent of the purchase price at no additional cost to you! Thanks for your support as always!

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Top 89
12:00 am
Mon December 8, 2008

Top 89 of 2008

Credit http://www.lucindawilliams.com/
  1. Lucinda Williams: Little Honey
  2. James McMurtry: Just Us Kids
  3. My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
  4. Buddy Guy: Skin Deep
  5. Rodney Crowell: Sex And Gasoline
  6. Old Crow Medicine Show: Tennessee Pusher
  7. Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs
  8. Susan Tedeschi: Back to the River
  9. The Pretenders: Break Up the Concrete
  10. The Hiders : Penny Harvest Field
  11. John Hiatt : Same Old Man
  12. Dar Williams : Promised Land
  13. Fleet Foxes : Fleet Foxes
  14. Kathleen Edwards: Asking For Flowers
  15. John Mellencamp : Life, Death,
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The Top 89
12:00 am
Fri December 7, 2007

Top 89 of 2007

  1. Over the Rhine: The Trumpet Child
  2. Robert Plant | Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
  3. Wilco: Sky Blue Sky
  4. Patty Griffin: Children Running Through
  5. Lucinda Williams:West
  6. Steve Earle:Washington Square Serenade
  7. Bruce Springsteen: Magic
  8. Joni Mitchell: Shine
  9. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals:This Is Somewhere
  10. Lyle Lovett: It's Not Big It's Large
  11. Feist: The Reminder
  12. John Fogerty:Revival
  13. Levon Helm:Dirt Farmer
  14. Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger
  15. Brandi Carlile: The Story
  16. Mark Knopfl
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Top 89
4:05 pm
Thu December 7, 2006

Top 89 of 2006

  1. Bob Dylan: Modern Times
  2. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris: All The Roadrunning
  3. Rosanne Cash: Black Cadillac
  4. Neil Young: Living With War
  5. Dixie Chicks: Taking The Long Way
  6. Old Crow Medicine Show: Big Iron World
  7. J.J.
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